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Ezranomics
The Need-to-Knows for Economics Undergraduates
Happenings| Career/Academic Advice | Opportunities
Important Dates
Nov 18th, 3:30pm Networking 101 (B06 White)
Nov 21st, Career Conversation w/Roman Barinas, Econ '08, Manager of International Recruiting
for Dodgers
Nov 24th, 5pm Student Panel: First Year Internships (RPC)
Dec 1st, Last Day to Register for Economics Reading Project!
It's Time for Career Services!
Make the first move. Visit! Call!
Studying abroad or elsewhere this spring?
Visit A&S Career Services now to begin your
internship search now.
Planning to apply to finance internships?
Make sure A&S Career Services staff have critiqued
your resume before you leave for break.
Seniors, evaluating job offers? Need help?
Visit A&S Career Services.
Was this fall's On-Campus Recruiting just the beginning of your job search?
Visit A&S Career Services.
Not sure where to begin?
Visit A&S Career Services (are you sensing a trend?)
Arts & Sciences Career Services is located in the white temporary building between Lincoln and
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Goldwin Smith Halls. Use the entrance facing Goldwin Smith and you will immediately be greeted
by a receptionist from Career Services. They are open M-F, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Christa B. Downey
Assistant Dean & Director, A&S Career Services
607-255-6926 (direct), 607-255-4166 (front desk), as.cornell.edu/careers
Economics Reading Project
Engage with faculty next semester!
SIGN UP HERE
The Econ Reading Project is your opportunity to
engage with faculty about the book, "The Art of
Strategy" by Avinash Dixit & Barry Nalebuff. You will
receive a free copy of the book and have the option
of joining a faculty-led small group discussion during
the first week of the spring semester - a chance to
really connect with faculty who share your interests!
We are limiting this to students who have taken
ECON 3030, 3040, 3010 or 3020 by the end of this
semester.
Step 1: By Dec 1st, students sign up and get a book
Step 2: Over winter break, everyone reads the book.
Step 3: During the first week of classes, meet in
small groups with a professor to discuss an aspect
of the book - e.g. Bargaining, Incentives or Auctions
Step 4: Attend talk by author, Barry Nalebuff on
March 13th and possibly go to dinner with him!*
Optional: Write a 6 - 7 page paper and receive 1 ECON credit
*Only those who write a paper will be eligible to attend dinner with the author
Sign Up HERE
As usual, see below for Economics-related opportunities . . .
Economics Opportunities
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MIT SEII Full Time Research Assistant
The School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative (SEII) in the MIT Economics Department is
seeking a motivated and organized Research Assistant who will support efforts to evaluate and
improve education programs and policies. Examples of past and on-going research projects can be
found at seii.mit.edu. The Research Assistant will work directly under Professors Joshua Angrist,
Parag Pathak, and David Autor.
Specific tasks shall include: constructing original research data sets; preparing data for analysis;
conducting analysis in statistical packages to answer specific research questions; code
management and project documentation; presenting results at weekly team meetings; preparing
results for both academic and policy audiences; other tasks, as assigned.
A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Math, Economics, Statistics, or Computer Science and strong
quantitative and programming skills are required. Candidates with previous research experience are
strongly preferred. Most programming will be done in Stata, though experience with other
languages will be beneficial. The ideal candidate must also have strong communications skills.
These include the ability to interpret and explain findings to a variety of audiences. Candidates
should expect to closely collaborate with the professors and other SEII team members at all stages
of the research project.
The position is located at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. An employment term of at least one year is expected. Start date is flexible, though
candidates who can begin on or before May 15, 2015 are strongly preferred. The position is well
suited for candidates who are considering pursuing a graduate degree in Economics or another
quantitative discipline.
If interested, please email the following to Annice Correia (acorreia@mit.edu) in one PDF
attachment with the subject line "RA Application: [Your Name]" by December 19:
a one-page cover letter briefly describing your experience and career goals
a CV
a complete undergraduate transcript and graduate transcript, if applicable (They do not need
to be official)
Strong applicants can expect to be contacted by January 5. The shortlisted candidates will be
asked to complete a Stata exercise.
14th Annual Carroll Round Undergraduate Economic Research
Conference at Georgetown University.
The Carroll Round is the premier undergraduate economics research conference in the world.
Every year around 30 of the brightest undergraduate economics students from a pool of hundreds
of applicants from multiple countries join us on the historic Georgetown University campus to
engage in a weekend of economics related presentations and discussion. We draw applicants from
the world's leading economics programs, including the University of Chicago, Harvard, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, Oxford and the
London School of Economics among many others. We hope that students from Cornell University
can be part of this tradition for the 14th annual edition.
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We're delighted to announce that the application for this year's conference is now available on our
website<http://carrollround.georgetown.edu/>. This year's conference will take place from Thursday,
April 16, 2015 to Sunday, April 19, 2015. We're also excited to announce Dr. George Akerlof as a
keynote speaker. George Akerlof is an Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at University
of California, Berkeley. He is also a 2001 recipient of the Alfred E. Nobel Prize, where he was
honored for his theory on asymmetric information and its effect on economic behavior. In the
coming months we will also announce the addition of another exciting speaker.
Our application deadline is Sunday, February 8, 2015 and applications are accepted on a rolling
basis. Since acceptance to the conference is extremely competitive, it is to the applicant's
advantage to submit the application materials as soon as possible, even if it is prior to the deadline.
All decisions will be announced on a rolling basis.
The Steering Committee would appreciate it if you could forward this application announcement to
students writing senior theses or performing other original research projects. We recommend that
students apply as early as possible, but applicants need not have finished their research projects
when they apply. Works in progress, as well as detailed abstracts, are acceptable, and the Steering
Committee will contact applicants if further information is needed before a decision can be made.
Throughout the weekend the formal presentations are supplemented by various social events
where participants, steering committee members, professors serving as discussions chairs and
invited speakers can interact with each other.
For more information about the Carroll Round, visit our website
<http://carrollround.georgetown.edu/>. The FAQs <http://carrollround.georgetown.edu/conferencedetails/faqs> and application<http://carrollround.georgetown.edu/apply/> pages should be
particularly useful.
AEI's Summer Honors Program
I would like to call your attention to AEI's Summer Honors Program. It's a great program for
students - teaching in it is one of the highlights of my year. The program lasts for two weeks,
introduces students to a wide-range of policy issues, features experts and prominent guest
speakers, and allows the students to really get to know each other, forming lasting friendships. AEI
covers the costs of housing, transportation, meals, and provides a stipend.
Check out this webpage for more:
http://www.aei.org/summer-honors/
If you have any questions or would like to discuss, please feel free to email me. If any students
whom you think would benefit from the program have any questions or would like to discuss, please
direct them to Anna Eames, cc'ed here.
Thanks for spreading the word, and hope all is well,
Michael R. Strain
Resident Scholar in Economic Policy Studies
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American Enterprise Institute
https://sites.google.com/site/mrstrain
MindSumo Student Challenges
Dear Students,
Please review the latest Economics projects from MindSumo. MindSumo partners with employers
to create projects that you can complete to get work experience, win prizes, and be hired for jobs
and internships.
How can we get more people to use better financial management software? - $1000 in prizes
How can Kaiser Permanente change healthcare to attract and meet the needs of Millennials? $1000 in prizes
How can BlackHawk Credit Union bring in more Millennials? - $1000 in prizes
Questions can be directed to aaron@mindsumo.com
Direct Links:
Financial Management - https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/help-bring-financial-duct-tapers-tothe-could
Kaiser - https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/what-should-the-future-of-healthcare-look-like-formillennials
Blackhawk - https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/why-do-credit-unions-make-sense-for-millennials
New Master of Professional Studies with concentration in Applied
Behavioral Economics and Individual Choice
Apply Now - only 25 Seats Available for 2015/16 Class!
Are you or any of your friends interested in pursuing graduate studies upon graduation? Do you or
your friends want to change the way the world thinks about food marketing, public policy,
consulting, or consumer research? If so, the new Master of Professional Studies (MPS) program
with concentration in Applied Behavioral Economics and Individual Choice (currently in its first year)
might be just what you/them are looking for!
This unique 2 semesters' MPS program offered through Cornell's Dyson School brings together
useful new solutions from the social sciences targeted at improving consumer welfare as well as
firm performance. Students have the opportunity to stylize their program in one of three areas of
potential concentration: Behavioral Marketing, Sustainability and Behavior, and Behavioral
Finance. Each of these concentrations is focused on developing innovative managers,
entrepreneurs, and researchers for related industries, the government, the healthcare system and
NGOs.
Check out the program's website for more information: http://behavioralecon.dyson.cornell.edu/
If you have questions please contact Sandra Cuellar-Healey, Deputy Director, ABEIC MPS Program
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at mps-abeic@cornell.edu
2015 AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION SUMMER
TRAINING PROGRAM
Deadline to apply: February 13, 2015
The Department of Economics and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy
at the University of New Mexico is now accepting applications for the 2015 American Economic
Association (AEA) Summer Training Program and Minority Fellowships!
The AEA Summer Training Program is an intensive six-week curriculum that was designed to
help talented undergraduate students learn skills and conduct research in economics in preparation
for studies at the doctoral level. The program will be held June 15, 2015 - July 26, 2015.
The AEA Summer Training Program is open to all qualified students, regardless of race, ethnicity, or
gender. Primary consideration for acceptance into this program will be given to students who will
begin their Junior or Senior year in Fall 2015 and plan on pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics.
The Minority Fellowships allow students to attend this program at no cost. This fellowship is open
to qualified U.S. citizens and permanent residents, with a preference for those who are members of
historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic minority groups and who advance the diversity of the
economics profession.
For details, please see the attached flyer. For more information and to apply, visit our website
at:http://healthpolicy.unm.edu/events/aeasummer12
Please share this great opportunity with your students and colleagues! If you have questions,
please contact the AEA Summer Program, at aea@unm.edu or 505-277-0130.
Barclays Undergraduate Intern Networking Event
An evening with the senior women of Barclays
Date: Monday, November 17 - 7:30 to 9:30pm
Venue: Cornell Big Red Barn
Please join Barclays for an information session and networking event at the Cornell Big Red Barn.
This is a great opportunity to network with Barclays senior women from our Investment Banking and
Sales & Trading Divisions and learn more about summer internship opportunities.
Attire: Business
RSVP: Friday, November 14 (james.gutow@barclays.com)
barclays.com/joinus
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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